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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Vatican CDF says use of anti-COVID-19 vaccines “morally acceptable” 22/12/2020

https://church.mt/vatican-cdf-says-use-of-anti-covid-vaccines-morally-acceptable/

Vatican CDF says use of anti-COVID-19 vaccines “morally acceptable”

“It is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.”

Due to the situation of the ongoing pandemic, “all vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in production of the vaccines derive.”

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) made these statements in a note signed by the Prefect, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, and the Secretary, Archbishop Giacomo Morandi. The text was explicitly approved by Pope Francis on 17 December and released on Monday.

Clarifying doubts

The CDF document, which was published as many countries are preparing to implement vaccination campaigns, authoritatively intervenes to clarify doubts and questions which have emerged from sometimes contradictory statements on the subject.

The “Note on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines” recalls three previous pronouncements on the same topic: one from the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) in 2005; the CDF Instruction Dignitas Personae in 2008; and, another note from the PAV in 2017.

Moral aspects

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says it does not “intend to judge the safety and efficacy” of current vaccines against Covid-19, which is the responsibility of biomedical researchers and drug agencies. Rather, the CDF focuses on the moral aspects of receiving vaccines developed using cell lines from tissue obtained from two fetuses that were aborted in the 1960s.

The Instruction Dignitas Personae, approved by Pope Benedict XVI, pointed out that “there exist differing degrees of responsibility”, because “in organizations where cell lines of illicit origin are being utilized, the responsibility of those who make the decision to use them is not the same as that of those who have no voice in such a decision.”

Therefore, argues the note published on Monday in summing up the Instruction of 2008, “when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not available”, it is “morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.”

‘Remote cooperation’

The CDF says the reason for considering these vaccines morally licit is the “kind of cooperation” in the evil of abortion, which is “remote” on the part of those receiving the vaccine.

Therefore, the “moral duty to avoid such passive material cooperation is not obligatory” since there exists a grave danger, in the form of an “uncontainable spread of a serious pathological agent.”

The Covid-19 pandemic, says the CDF, fulfills this requirement.

“In such a case, all vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in the production of the vaccines derive.”

Not a legitimation of abortion

The Congregation clarifies that “the morally licit use of these types of vaccines, in the particular conditions that make it so, does not in itself constitute a legitimation, even indirect, of the practice of abortion, and necessarily assumes the opposition to this practice by those who make use of these vaccines.” Nor should it imply a moral approval of the use of cell lines proceeding from aborted fetuses.

The CDF note calls on pharmaceutical companies and government health agencies to “produce, approve, distribute and offer ethically acceptable vaccines that do not create problems of conscience.”

Voluntary vaccination

At the same time, the Congregation recalls that “vaccination is not, as a rule, a moral obligation and that, therefore, it must be voluntary.”

The morality of vaccination, it notes, depends both on the duty to protect one’s own health and the pursuit of the common good. “In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the epidemic, the common good may recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed.”

Those who for reasons of conscience reject vaccines produced with cell lines from aborted fetuses, however, must “do their utmost to avoid, by other prophylactic means and appropriate behavior, becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.”

Distribution to poor countries

Finally, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says it is “a moral imperative” for the pharmaceutical industry, governments, and international organizations to ensure that effective and ethically acceptable vaccines are accessible “to the poorest countries in a manner that is not costly for them.”

“The lack of access to vaccines, otherwise, would become another sign of discrimination and injustice that condemns poor countries to continue living in health, economic and social poverty.”

Source: Vatican News

 

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14 Jan 2021 - Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis received the Covid-19 vaccine

ROME REPORTS in ENGLISH - https://youtu.be/QBmSiMQDiWc



9 Feb 2021 - Pope Francis pleas for “vaccines for all” 

- A look at Pope Francis’ calls for a fair distribution of vaccine and the global challenges to doing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--vP9gHDRXo

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saturday, December 19, 2020

On December 8th, 2020 APOSTOLIC LETTER - PATRIS CORDE of the Holy Father Francis - & - On May 1st 2021 Pope approves 7 new invocations to Litany of St. Joseph - Litanija ta’ San Ġużepp


APOSTOLIC LETTER - PATRIS CORDE of the Holy Father Francis. Given in Rome, at Saint John Lateran, on 8 December, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the year 2020, the eighth of his Pontificate. 




8th December 2020

APOSTOLIC LETTER

PATRIS CORDE

OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

 ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE PROCLAMATION OF SAINT JOSEPH
AS PATRON OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH

http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html


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Pope Francis proclaims “Year of St Joseph”

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-francis-proclaims-year-of-st-joseph.html

 

St Joseph: the man whom Heaven trusts 

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-francis-patris-corde-saint-joseph-magisterium-papal-letter.html

  

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Church grants plenary indulgence for year of St. Joseph

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-12/apostolic-penitentiary-plenary-indulgence-year-st-joseph.html

 


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Il-Papa Franġisku jipproklama s-Sena Ġużeppina 

https://laikosblog.org/2020/12/09/il-papa-frangisku-jipproklama-s-sena-guzeppina/

 

 




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Pope approves 7 new invocations to Litany of St. Joseph


On the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, May 1, the Vatican added 7 new invocations to the Litany of St. Joseph, with the approval of Pope Francis.

Pope approves 7 new invocations to Litany of St. Joseph - Vatican News

The new invocations, originally in Latin, are as follows: Custos Redemptoris, Serve Christi, Minister salutis, Fulcimen in difficultatibus, Patrone exsulum, Patrone afflictorum, Patrone pauperum


These could be translated as: Guardian of the Redeemer, Servant of Christ, Minister of salvation, Support in difficulties, Patron of exiles, Patron of the afflicted and Patron of the poor.


With these additions, the invocations in the Litany to St. Joseph now rise to 31. 


A St. Mary's Minute: Updated Litany of St. Joseph (with new invocations)

Video published on 27 May 2021

 


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https://www.laikos.org/litanija_san_guzepp_2021.pdf

Litanija ta’ San Ġużepp

Aġġornata bl-invokazzjonijiet ta’ April 2021

 

Mulej ħniena

Kristu ħniena

Mulej ħniena

Kristu ismagħna

Kristu, ilqa’ t-talb tagħna

 

Missier Etern Alla                                   Ħenn għalina

Iben Alla li fdejt id-dinja

Spirtu Qaddis Alla

Trinità Qaddisa Alla wieħed

 

Imqaddsa Marija                                    Itlob għalina

Imqaddes Ġużeppi

Iben glorjuż ta’ David

Dawl tal-Patrijarki

Għarus tal-Verġni Omm Alla

Ħarries tal-Feddej

Ħarries safi tal-Verġni Marija

Int li ħsibt għall-għajxien tal-Iben t’Alla

Int li bi bżulitek ħarist lil Kristu

Qaddej ta’ Kristu

Ministru tas-salvazzjoni

Kap tal-Familja Mqaddsa

Ġużeppi kollok qdusija

Ġużeppi kollok safa

Ġużeppi kollok għaqal

Ġużeppi kollok ubbidejnza

Ġużeppi, qaddej l-aktar fidil

Mera ta’ sabar

Ħabib kbir tal-faqar

Xempju tal-ħaddiema

Ġieħ u żina tal-ħajja tad-dar

Ħarsien tal-verġni

Sur qawwi ta’ kull familja

Għajnuna fid-diffikultajiet

Faraġ tal-imsejknin

Tama tal-morda

Patrun tal-eżiljati

Patrun tal-foqra

Patrun tal-moribondi

Biża tal-infern

Protettur tal-Knisja Mqaddsa

 

Ħaruf t’Alla li tneħħi d-dnubiet tad-dinja.

Aħfrilna, nitolbuk, Mulej.

 

Ħaruf t’Alla li tneħħi d-dnubiet tad-dinja.

Ismagħna, nitolbuk, Mulej.

 

Ħaruf t’Alla li tneħħi d-dnubiet tad-dinja.

Ħenn għalina, Mulej.

 

Alla qiegħdu sid fuq id-dar tiegħu.

U ħakem fuq kulma għandu.

 

Nitolbu. O Alla, li fil-providenza tiegħek tal-għaġeb għoġbok taħtar lil San Ġużepp bħala Għarus tal-Omm Imqaddsa tiegħek, agħmel, nitolbuk, li kif qegħdin nagħtuh ġieħ fuq l-art bħala Protettur tagħna, hekk ukoll ikun jistħoqqilna li jidħol għalina fis-sema. Int li tgħix u ssaltan għal dejjem ta’ dejjem. Ammen.

 

It-Talb fl-Aħħar

U int, maħbub San Ġużepp, nitolbuk li taċċetta dan is-sehem fqajjar tiegħi li għamilt għall-ġieħ tiegħek u nitolbok li taqlagħli mingħand Ġesù u Marija l-grazzji spiritwali u temporali li għandi bżonn. Ftakar ukoll, nitolbok, fl-agonizzanti ta’ dan il-jum. Ammen.


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Nov 2021-Feb 2022 - Catechesis on ST. JOSEPH & more - Katekeżi fuq San Ġużepp ... u iżjed 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEYDcemW6Gv-OGQ0IPbnZcbZB-PLnRFWK








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Friday, December 18, 2020

NOVEMBER 8 - SAINT ELIZABETH OF THE TRINITY - Eliżabetta tat-Trinita’ – Il-Qaddisa Mużiċista

 

On July 24, 1893, Elizabeth, despite her young age, won first prize for piano at the Conservatory of Dijon

Elizabeth of The Trinity (1880 – 1906) is a new Carmelite Saint. She was canonized on October 16th, 2016 by Pope Francis. Through her very short life and her writing, God revealed the mystery of The Holy Trinity living in our soul. She said: “ I wish I could whisper this secret to those I love. I have found my Heaven on Earth, since Heaven is God, and God is in my soul.” 

Produced at Christchurch Carmel - New Zealand.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKfoxnYwgk

 


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Eliżabetta tat-Trinita’ – Il-Qaddisa Mużiċista

http://www.ocdmonline.org/elizabetta-tat-trinita-il-qaddisa-muzicista/

 



 

 

Santa Eliżabetta tat-Trinità - Patri Juan De Bono Intervista li Patri Juan De Bono ta lil-Laikos fuq il-qaddisa żagħżugħa Santa Eliżabetta tat-Trinità.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EKQR3Mj-Wo




St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s mysticism found its source in the Mass. She writes, “When you consecrate the host where Jesus, ‘who alone is Holy,’ will be incarnate, consecrate me with Him ‘as the victim of the praise of glory’ until all my aspirations, all my movements, all my actions pay homage to the Holy One.”

https://adoremus.org/2019/11/how-to-be-the-praise-of-glory/


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The Trinitarian Prayer of Elizabeth of the Trinity

http://ocarm.org/en/content/ocarm/trinitarian-prayer-elizabeth-trinity

 

 

 

 

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